Joe Walsh Denigrates Melissa Bean’s Perception of Voter Dissatisfaction

The following press release has been received from 8th congressional district Republican candidate Joe Walsh:

Walsh: Wow, Bean just doesn’t get it
Republican Responds to Rep. Bean’s Daily Herald Interview

Joe Walsh speaking at the biggets political meeting during the 8th congressional district GOP primary campaign. Photo by Ryan Provenzano RyanProPhotos ryanprophoto@hotmail.com

(Lake Zurich, Illinois) – February 20, 2010 – Joe Walsh, Republican candidate for Congress in the Illinois 8th, today said “Melissa Bean is amazingly out-of-touch with her constituents. She arrogantly dismissed the economic hardships most of her constituents are going through right now and she dismisses their anger and activism at speaking up against this government’s spending,” in response to Bean’s comments published Feb. 19 in the Daily Herald.

Rep. Bean said there is not a current “conservative resurgence” and “doesn’t see the pendulum swinging back this year.”  As reported in the Daily Herald, Bean “bristled” at calling the tea party a “movement,” pointing to the attendance of only 1,000 people at the National Tea Party Convention in Tennessee. “I remember being on the (National Mall), there being 1 million people for the (Obama) inauguration. That is a movement,” Bean said. “I don’t see a comparison.”  Last September over 2 million Tea Party supporters marched on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

“She doesn’t understand what’s going on economically right now, she doesn’t understand the depth of voter anger and passion that’s out there, and she doesn’t understand at all the meaning of and power of the tea party movement,” Walsh said.

“The tea party movement has nothing to do with party,” Walsh said. “It consists of every Republican, Independent, and Democrat who has had it with this reckless spending. It’s too late for Melissa Bean. Last year when voters in her district first voiced their concerns, she hid from them. Now, that it’s an election year, she comes out and dismisses them. The train has left the station and Melissa Bean chose not to get on it and there is nothing she or any other Democrat incumbent can say or do this year that will change that.”

Democrat Melissa Bean voted yes for cap-and-trade, healthcare, bank bailouts, and two stimulus packages.

Note: Melisaa Bean interview Feb 19, 2010 with the Daily Herald editorial board: (http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=360335)


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Joe Walsh Denigrates Melissa Bean’s Perception of Voter Dissatisfaction — 6 Comments

  1. I like the ad next to her interview…
    Story time
    That is perfect.

  2. Its interesting this is coming from someone that doesn’t know where he lives. Since Mr. Walsh is a Tea party type guy. We aren’t the British go home Mr. Walsh. We don’t need soap box politics. Mr Crane lived in Virginia, where do you actually live? We need somone from the District not outside of it. Not all of us all Rich people, We need someone that knows what we are going through. We have lived here for years you can’t know what our district is going through just by visiting.

  3. I wonder if Jeff knows that Bean does not live in the district either???

  4. I guess we’ll see who’s right this fall.

    I’m curious though- What would you have Bean say?

  5. Thirtyacre,

    I’m confident Joe knows where he lives. Tea? British? Soap box politics? Are you insane? This movement is as American as herpes and hot dogs. Citizens are going to come out of the woodwork for this guy in the general as they did in the primary. Aren’t you running for a board seat or something? Take my advice, quit poking the bear or you may end up in the same place as your compadres, unelected with little respect from your neighbors for the unintelligent manner in which you carry yourself and the dishonest manner in which you campaign.

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